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Our Lady of Mercy College Heidelberg apologises to students after review uncovers historical allegations of staff misconduct
A Catholic girls’ school in Melbourne’s north has apologised to former students after an internal investigation found some staff in the 1990s ignored complaints about the inappropriate behaviour of two male teachers.
Key points:
- An internal report found two male teachers touched Catholic schoolgirls inappropriately in the 1990s
- The report found complaints by students at the time were summarily dismissed by the school
- Our Lady of Mercy College has now apologised for “suffering and harm” caused to former students
Fourteen former students came forward to assist the investigation commissioned by Our Lady of Mercy College in Heidelberg (OLMC).
Many of them said a teacher at the college, referred to in the investigation report as JLR*, touched…
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